Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-28
-u,psT IN A CAVERN.

. n. I, NoV.27.-fhls morn
S''0AI'rTT. b-rnacle, after explaining
q n e. n,ssages of Scripture, the
9', ~ Witt Tslmage, D. D., gave
u !. t Di hymn, that was sung by
..,rsgstion with great heartiness;
80 sorrow and in sin
!, bslps darh door we iay;
9 hIon a,iss by grace Divine,
' TO see glorious day ,,,.
INC IN, &c, of the sermon was "Thirst
Q. sayJ - and the text: "Oh that
We Give me 8 drink of the water
Foalu1 Of Be hIehem, which is by
q S W Samuel XIII, 10.
pc .,y,ys distressing, is especially
M - harvest time. When the crops
G.a !. for the sickle, to have them
~ down By cavalry horses and
' .rnnIy trsins outlying the fields. is
Pm " make say mans heart sick.
me last great war broke out in Eu-
~, ND France and Germany We're
,nto borrid collision, Irode across
+s,iIen harvest, aud saw the tents
~ ,nd the trenches dug in the very
%oi the rioe fields, the long scythe OF
~ S.b.rnened to now down harvests
y. in IN treat winrows OF the dead. 1t
.tbis season. of harvest that the
J,be Pailistines came down upon
Lem Hsrk to the clamor OF their
+ =. t,e neighlug of their chargers, the
s6f tbeir Tumpets, and the clash of
:. 1 DsvJd and his men fall back! The
q -. host sometimes loses the day.
.n,vi5 knew wlere 20 hide. He had
!, thought up in that country
!, are iDQulsltiVe, anu they know all
VI t5e region where they were born
bropght up. II you should go back
3 he old homestead, you could, with
n ewes shut, fad your way to the
8 ,,sow. or the orchard, or the hill back
E h house, with which you were f4mi =
s hirty or forty years ago. So David
y The cave Of AdulIam. Perhaps, In
: boybood DAYS, be had played "hlde-
3.seekn with his comrades all about
aid cave; and though 9th rs might
q have known it, David did. Travellers
here is only one way of getting into
8 cave, and that is by very narrow
En-; but David was stout, and stesdy
sied, snd steady Lerved; and SO, with
three brave staff officers, he goes
Z ag that path, finds his way
INTO THE CAVE,
down, looks s-cund at the roof and
dsrk passages Of the mountain, feels
" weary with the forced march; sn6
s rg he must have, or die. l do not
low but there may have been drops
.kiBg down the side of the cavern, OF
S there msy have been some water il
8 gntskin slung to his glrdIe; but thai
IS net what he wanted. He wanted s
& sp full, cold drink, such as q man gets
IL out Of on old well with moss covered
E.kst. David remembered that very
81 that cave of Adullsm there was suct
veil IS that, a well 10 which he used tC
g in bOyhoOd-the we'll of Bethlehem
the almost imagines that he can heal
+ liquid plasn Of that well, and his
lrhed tongue moves through his ho'
pas be says, 'Ol, that one would give
erik Of the water of the well Of
ilthem, which is by the gate!"
hRss no sooner said than done. The
nee brave staff officers bound to theil
Bland start. Brave soldiers will take
s la hint from their commander. Bu'
'Bten them snd the VT Ii lay the host o.
& PliliStines; aud Whs could three
q % with great army? Yet where
Will there Is a way, and, with theil
'eldS slssbiDg this way and that. they
lEe ih5lr way to the well. They droI
Oueset-they bring up the water
asy pour 1t in the psil and then start fol-
cave. "Stop them" cry the Philis.
'e'' "Chp them with your swords
" mem With your spears! Stop tn 81
lse neh!" Too late! They have go
aad The hill. The hot rocks art
asled With the Overlooking water from
vessel IS It is carried up the Gifts. Tht
aSs men go along the dangerous path
~ WIN cheeks flushed with the excite.
.I snd all out of breath in thei
s", taey ling taeir swords, red witt
sklInlsh, to the side of the csve, AM
~. 70 David: "There, Captain O
1Ost, Is What you wanted-a drinl
~ -1r well Of Bethlehem, which is by tn
: tA' IS OF no use to me unless l finC
& ~ -. u Il and unless can bring q COS
w, o. these words that will aroust
". .OlIoft and bless, l ehsll wish 1 hat
, ~ zen Them; for your time would b
~su' ana against my soul
THK DARK RECORD
= :. De made that this Gay 1 stood be
great audience of SHINING, sufferin
esDg mn, and told them Of n
Ss BY the cross Of the Son of Go
b .b,H 11lone Of the eternal judgment
h , ~s not De! MY the Lord Jesu
IN 1I 70 tell you the truth to-day!
s.,;n auoW mat carrier pigeons hav
~. letters tied under the wing
N sy AZ huudre of mlles-1O0 mile
/ h. ,5asoOI-carryiDg a message. So
sought would like to have it now
81 .s ,SA.snly Dove! bring under thv win
ssoss No 70 my soul and to the souls of thi
3ps," oO'ne message of light, and love
be-, y. . IN unususl thing to see peopI
b S1, SsIOand a well in summer time
ss sSioahonsn puts down his cradle 8
stov'I,u fo: TIE builder puts dow
A ~ The traveller puts down hi
re,, men men one draws the water for a
is nuns, aauselt taking the very last. TIL
a. gassed srou d, and the fires {
ionrD.p ut out; the traveller starts o
ourd.5y " and the workman takes u
sptI waG we come to-day around Il
cts5." wen. We put down our pick /
b nn m, a9a our implements of toll. Or
s's es, i, afsW the water for those WI
s,sS q Sa around the well. I wi
aI b, ulsR the water to-day; and
apaIS ave We poured out from this livir
lssi, v vi your soul, just taste of